Plant Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Cumin; Roman Coriander; Fennel-Flower; Nutmeg-Flower; Black Caraway

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
24-ETHYL-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL	5	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	8000.0	10255.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	1900.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID	12	Seed Oil	not available	24900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	41500.0	53050.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	2577.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	38000.0	53000.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	10670.0	13650.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Seed	not available	200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	3218.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge	5	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide	2	Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.